Book Description
A lively insider's guide to starting a successful small business selling items old and new on eBay, written with personal anecdotes, well–kept secrets, and insider tips by Adam Ginsberg, eBay's most successful private salesperson.
This is the insider's guide to making money on eBay. Adam Ginsberg is the most successful seller on eBay, moving around a million dollars' worth of merchandise every month. Not only will he impart his personal secrets on how to sell on eBay –learned through years of experience – and his tips on expanding your small business using eBay as a global market, but he'll also give fun side–notes and anecdotes, keeping the book lively and making it a fun and interesting read.
This book will be a must–have for all current and aspiring eBay sellers, all small–business owners, and anyone who wants to learn how to start a million–dollar company.
Customer Reviews:
Why This Book Should Not Be Taken Seriously.......2007-10-06
The content of this book is very basic, but that's not what concerns me the most. Why? It's been widely reported on eBay news sites that Adam Ginsberg was banned from selling on eBay years ago and he's never been allowed to return. The situation was so serious that a group of buyers pushed eBay to If you want a lesson in what NOT to do on eBay, take a look at his old ebay user ID's such as pegasusbilliards or zdiamonds.
The ridiculously high number of negative feedbacks on those accounts are a lasting reminder of how Mr Ginsberg ran his eBay business.
Be very wary of this guy, all you need to do is search 'adam ginsberg complaints' on google and you'll see a 'trail of destruction' that he's left over the last few years. It's shocking. I believe that people like him don't suddenly stop their shady practices.
Obviously this is not a book you want to read.
If there was a choice of 0 stars, that would be my rating..........2007-06-26
Shame on you Adam for passing this off as an informative guide. If you want to waste your money like I did, buy this book. AmberBamber has said it all. I should have watched the reviews more closely. I will not even try to resell this so called "book". I have already thrown it in the trash, and at this moment it is taking up valuable space in the landfill. Shame, Shame, Shame on you Adam Ginsberg.
Great eBay book.......2007-06-14
a Gotta Have book if you are planning on starting an eBay business in your home in 30 days. Great reference for the experienced eBayer.
Garbage.......2007-06-08
This book is one big fat advertisement for Ebay and for Adam Ginsberg's other ventures. It had very little useful information, and NO information that cannot be found easily on-line or on Ebay itself. It was a waste of my time reading it. It was utterly repetitive and took forever to actually get to any sort of information or advice. There is hardly enough information in this book to fill a 10 page pamphlet...let alone a 300 page book!!! I'm just happy I got it from the library and didn't end up wasting my money as well as my time.
I wish there was actually a book out there to help people who are not complete ebay beginners. The biggest ebay woe is finding sources for products, and there is little help in this book....OH, unless you want to go to the website Adam plugs and buy more stuff from him. SURE, then he'll help you out. HA, RIGHT!
Not bad but............2007-03-27
This book is not bad. It is good for the basics of how to buy and sell on Ebay, if you have never done it, but if you have already been doing business on Ebay, its more of a review than revelation. There are a lot of great little 'tid-bits' of information and the writing style is entertaining, but nothing really eye opening or anything that makes you say hum....It talks about doing your homework and how to to post listings, the rules of ebay but a lot of this is posted on the Ebay site itself. If you are a total novice by all means pick it up, but if you have done a few deals on Ebay and pretty much know your way around you may want to skip this one.
Product Description
Want to discover the most profitable, lowest-risk idea for your home business? It's selling used books online, which is growing 33 percent annually, according to a new study by U.S. publishers. Learn how to start your business part-time, then expand at your own pace. This step-by-step guide, written by one of the most successful and highly rated sellers on Amazon and eBay, includes everything you need to know:
Customer Reviews:
Great resource.......2007-09-29
Just getting into the book selling biz. I have been going through cancer and now need a job where I can tailor my hours around all of my doctor's appointments. I like both this book and the Stephen Windwalker books. Very good information without alot of extraneous stuff.
Great Book.......2007-09-25
This a great book to help those interested in selling books online. It is very bold of Mr. Weber to enpower the competition. But it is a very smart book that will help those motivated to help themselves. I recommend it to all interested in getting online selling books.
The Home-Based Book Store.......2007-09-17
Very good book for the person who is contemplating entering this type of business. Seemed to cover most of the bases. If he didn't and I do actually go into business, I guess I'll find out pretty quickly. But, overall, since I've read a few other books dealing with this topic, I feel the author covered the subject matter well and I would recommend the book to others.
AWESOME.......2007-08-27
This is a fantastic book chock full of information. I've already started using some of his suggestions and am looking forward to having my own online used book store.
Home based book store reveiw.......2007-07-03
We are established home-based booksellers. When my husband bought this book I thought it would be to basic for us but I was pleasantly surprised. It was full of great and useful information. It would be a tremendous book to have BEFORE you set up your business. I think this would be helpful for anyone at any level that is selling books on the internet.
Book Description
Good marketers know that customer-centered marketing is mandatory.
Customer Reviews:
Persuading Book Buyers A Cat Can Bark.......2007-09-19
In terms of selling "themselves" and why you might want to use their services, this book barks loud. In terms of persuasive customer techniques, this book is a bit light on real content.
A good book on how to truly engage customers is Lois Kelly's "Beyond Buzz: The Next Generation of Word of Mouth" marketing. She understands customers don't ignore marketing, rather they demand marketing that has meaning and engages them authentically. Beyond Buzz: The Next Generation of Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Two Hundred Page Brochure for Consulting Service.......2007-07-29
Nearly every business book has at least one or two good ideas. However, every so often you get a book that's really just a piece of what's often called Spiral Marketing. Sprial Marketing is a technique in which you use a book, pamphlet, website or other low-cost entry point to capture an initial group of customers. Although you make some profit on the initial entry point, the main goal of that entry is to get you to purchase the next level, usually a set of videos or seminar. There is profit built into this second level as well, but even that's just a front to capture the big fish into longer term consulting. This book contains a smattering of theories, concepts and ideas (most of which are lifted from other sources such as Maslow, MBTI and general advertisting), accompanied by some professional looking illustrations. You have to admire the way it is able to continually flirt with the answers while never quite giving them away - you'll have to commit to the $150 consulting fees for that. And if you are interested in the consulting, I'll save you some money on that as well. Judging from the almost immediate mentions of Yahoo keywords, the foreward from a Yahoo executive and the $50 credit towards the service I'm guessing Yahoo keywords is pretty much the heart of what they call "Persuasion Architecture."
Poor writing style.......2007-07-14
There's some useful info in there, like how to categorize your customers. But the writing style is poor, hard to understand, and boring. Seems like these authors are trying to become marketing legends by pushing some new "revolutionary" concept of theirs, but it's nothing special.
I prefer Call To Action by the same authors.......2007-05-19
I think that Call to Action is better than that, and the content is almost 60% the same.
Honestly, buy Call to Action by the same authors on behalf of that.
Don't waist your time on ads.......2007-05-15
Have you ever seen a movie, when you see & wait that something gonna happen and it never happens till the end? That's the "Waiting for you cat to bark?" is about.
There are lots of the background information - ideas and developments of Hippocrates, Myers-Briggs, Freeman, Frank Lloyd Wright and Sir Tim Berners-Lee; BMW ,Best Buy and other big companies marketing experiences; left brain and right brain responsibilities, etc. etc.
There are lots of well known ideas, like think about your customers, see your business from your customers point of view, provide good service, provide relevant information, measure a campaign effect etc. etc.
There are lots of marketing complexity examples, that make you feel like "oh my God, who can get all this"?
I tried my best to follow the line and split potential clients into smaller groups I may treat in a very special way, according to the book advices. The only point is the book does not give any practical idea about all those ideas implementation. Not a single one! There is nothing you can do coming back to your office after reading this book.
What it has? Plenty of "we do this" and "persuasion architecture". This book is one big advertisement you paid for. We developed, we understand, we compared, according to our experience, persuasion architecture we've invented, etc. etc and it's endless!
The only conclusion a reader is suppose to do according to authors is to admire persuasion architecture, realize that just genius can deal with this and apply to Future Now to let those sophisticated guys to do their job! Don't get me wrong, there is a good chance Future Now people know how to make you reach and can help you out, but I would not recommend to buy the printed ad and spend time on reading.
I'll give a chance to "Call to Action" I purchased together with "Waiting for you cat to bark?". I truly hope I can find something useful there and if not, sorry Bryan and Jefferey, your books are out of my book shelf.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2007-06-14
I have had this book for 3 years and I still use it as a reference. Some of the simple thinks Scot suggest and tells about in the example stories are worth the book price many times over.
This one will stay by my desk!
OLD.......2007-04-23
All Old strategies that Will lose you money on eBay today. Pushes you to use a service like "marketworks" which is OK for big sellers, but garbage for the rest of us. The Only thing that matters on ebay is price. forget everything else, get it as cheep as you can, and sell it for less then anyone else. Keep your money for the listing fees. Don't bother with this old book.
a standout book.......2006-12-29
I've been involved in ecommerce since the 90's so have quite a bit of knowledge. While some of the book was review, there were some golden nuggets that made this book a 'must have' for my library. Specifically, cycle times for posting - when to post, how long to post for, etc. It is advanced in nature so requires either some prior knowledge or a mindset to understand the complexities of the entire process. Additionally, the book references some resources that I knew were among the best in the industry which gave added trust to the validity of the content. I would like to have seen more of this so that is only reason for 4 stars.
Awsome Book for Advanced Online Sellers.......2006-11-11
If you have been selling online (on ebay and/or other channels) for a while and you have all the basics down, then this is the book for you. It will help you measure and evaluate your business in order to fine tune and scale your operation. Very well written. The author is the man behind the auction management software "Channel Advisor". I attended "ebay live 2006" in Las Vegas and most top power sellers sang the praises of the software, Channeladvisor Merchant, which could cost you about a $1000 per month and is for businesses with gross sales of $20,000 to $40,000 per month. I use Channeladvisor Pro, which is limited in channels of sales, and it only costs me $30 per month.
The book is not a plug for the software and the author does not engage in over promotion of his business in any way which was a pleasant surprise. I think of this book as an online business education in a nutshell. This was about the 10th ebay book that I have read and I very strongly recommend it to advanced sellers. Best of luck. November 11, 2006.
Very Good.......2006-09-23
Like most good books dedicated to buying and selling on eBay this book fits that category nicely. It is aimed at the more serious seller and goes into several deep layers on techniques and strategies to make your activities lucrative and profitable. In all I like this book because it does contain a lot of useful information at whatever lengths you decide to take you're your eBay activities. If you want to really get out there in the trenches, this book will accommodate that ambition.
Book Description
eBay Trading Assistants are experienced eBay sellers who indicate their willingness to sell your items for you, for a fee. It’s a great service for people who want to sell items on eBay, but lack the time or know-how to do it themselves. eBay Entrepeneur will guide would-be eBay Trading Assistants in setting up successful eBay Trading Assistant businesses.
Topics include:
-Planning, starting & executing a profitable Trading Assistant business
-Finding the best clients
-Low-cost marketing programs
-Unlocking unlimited free publicity
-Avoiding technology pitfalls
-Streamlining day-to-day operations
-Profiles and case studies of the most profitable home-based success stories
Customer Reviews:
Full of Fluff! Highly Over Rated........2007-06-11
Mr. Spencer has apparently done well running his company. His book, however, it mostly the tired old stuff like: How to lease commercial space, How to buy real estate, how to buy a computer, what kind, how many megs memory, how to get connected, and on and on about stuff most everybody already knows, or can easily find out. (online, and updated info at that). Sure, there are some nuggets. About 3 type-written pages worth. It's a real chore to buy the book and spend all your time sifting through the rubble. He also warns you about wasting "your" time, and he should take his own advice.
He's proably a great guy, but certainly not a concise author. I'd pass....
What a wonderful starter guide for ANY entrepreneur that wants to start a service business!.......2007-04-15
This is a really good book for someone who is interested in starting a service business. I can't praise it enough in the few paragraphs I'm writing in this review. Regardless of whether or not you want to start an eBay Trading Assistant business, but you KNOW you want to start SOME small business selling your services, then I highly recommend you get a copy of this book and read it and study it. Much of what is covered between its covers applies equally to just about any start-up. And the author does a wonderful job spoon-feeding us the material.
My background is NOT in retailing. And eBay is one big online retail store. So I'm not going to say how good or bad it is to get involved with retailing. And if you become a Trading Assistant, then you are getting involved in retailing even though the main thrust of your small business will be simply providing a service.
I will say that I haven't been convinced that becoming an eBay Trading Assistant is something I would want to become or that I would recommend to my SCORE clients to consider becoming one. What I do recommend is that any owner of a retail store should consider having someone on the payroll who can do what an eBay trading assistant does. And by reading this book you will get a pretty good understanding of what a trading assistant does.
Although I liked ALL 23 chapters, my favorite chapters were 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14-17, 22, and 23. These I consider to be the universal topics regarding how to start a service business.
Last Fall I had to help put on a SCORE seminar about selling on eBay. I read a few books on the subject (including this one), got a couple of magazines on the subject, and scoured the Net for articles on eBay. I also signed up to use eBay and studied the eBay site. What I learned in preparing for the seminar was that eBay is always changing. I doubt the instant book is still up-to-date since it was written a couple of years ago. But the basics covered in this book are definitely current and well worth your time to read if you are thinking about becoming a trading assistant. 5 stars!
One word, "Awesome!".......2007-03-19
Very informative, most of the information is right on target. An easy book to read. Straight to the point. Some of the information is slightly dated, but everything about the internet especially eBay changes so fast. Highly recommended reading for anyone who wants to take eBay to the next level.
A Must Have!.......2006-12-08
It is a must have for anyone who is contemplating an Ebay business. Also, a great read for the experienced Ebay Seller. This book is well written. I would highly recommend.
Great book for helping you get started on eBay.......2006-12-05
This book is great for anyone wanted to start or truly creating a business on eBay. He provides a lot of information which most people would not know about, unless they have started their own business before.
If you want to start an eBay business this book is a must have!!!!!
Book Description
This jam-packed guide took a year of research to help artists and craftspeople like you. You'll get more than 200 tactics, tips and tricks to profit with your craft items from eBay's millions of buyers. Learn how to quickly analyze completed auctions for elements that will help sell your art and crafts items and recognize new opportunities for making money from home.
Customer Reviews:
Minimally Helpful to Experienced Sellers.......2006-03-07
This book is minimally helpful to experienced sellers. More on the basics of eBay than specifically about crafts. Most of this information can be found in the Dummies books. I have read nearlly all eBay books written..this one goes to the bottom of the list.
Excellent book.......2005-10-04
Well written book with concise information in an easy to read format. Covers the subject thoroughly. Full of information. A great buy for such a small price.
Reveals eBay Secrets for Craft Artists.......2004-07-03
What to do with excess arts and crafts items or supplies has almost always been a problem, but digging through forgotten craft materials these days has taken on a whole new meaning. Crafters are searching for treasure - rummaging through abandoned craft projects, old tools and odd forgotten crafting materials.
According to James Dillehay, craft artist and author of the new book, "Sell Your Crafts on eBay", those craft items turn into cash from eBay's more than 104 million users.
Sales of craft items on eBay have grown almost 60% in the past year. Analysis revealed a crafts related item is sold every 9 seconds. According to Dillehay, the popularity of crafts on eBay is not surprising. Hobbyists list over 150,000 craft related items for sale on eBay at any given time. It's a social trend turned into a cottage industry.
Dillehay says the most important technique is learning how to research which words to include in your item auctions and how people search for regionally made arts, crafts, niche and seasonal items. By discovering what is in demand and how much people will pay for these goods, you will boost your profit potential. Dillehay says "To get top dollar when selling items online, you need to learn how eBay customers word their search terms and just what they are looking for. How you spell a word impacts an item's profitability. The way words are spelled make a substantial difference."
For example, the word `handmade,' spelled as one word, was part of 2,233 auction titles with an average closing price of $16.29. However, auction titles that included `hand made' as two words were found in 1,358 listings but with an average auction closing price higher, at $27.81, or $11.52 more profit per item.
Book Description
What might have started as an innocent hobby after cleaning out your closets one spring is now turning into a full-fledged day (or night) job. eBay can be a great place to sell your stuff and can be a profitable business, if you know what you're doing. Making a Living From Your eBay Business is a how-to guide that will show you how you can make money from your eBay sales. You'll learn how to set up and run different types of eBay business, including official retailer, second hand seller and trading assistant, while maximizing sales and profits. Find out everything that goes into creating a business plan, setting up a recordkeeping system, filing official business forms and more important business tasks. With Making a Living From Your eBay Business, you will become an experienced business-person in every aspect, from auction management to packing and shipping to customer relations. Turn your hobby into a profitable business today!
Download Description
What might have started as an innocent hobby after cleaning out your closets one spring is now turning into a full-fledged day (or night) job. eBay can be a great place to sell your stuff and can be a profitable business, if you know what you're doing. Making a Living From Your eBay Business is a how-to guide that will show you how you can make money from your eBay sales. You'll learn how to set up and run different types of eBay business, including official retailer, second hand seller and trading assistant, while maximizing sales and profits. Find out everything that goes into creating a business plan, setting up a recordkeeping system, filing official business forms and more important business tasks. With Making a Living From Your eBay Business, you will become an experienced business-person in every aspect, from auction management to packing and shipping to customer relations. Turn your hobby into a profitable business today!
Customer Reviews:
book review.......2007-01-10
This book gives you a basic foundation to use in launching an ebay business. This is not a "pie in the sky" kind of book. It is "down to earth" and introduces you to all areas of ebay selling. I like the way it is an easy read, yet a very informative and detailed guide.
eBay Through Rose-Colored Glasses.......2006-12-19
A good introduction to eBay for hopelessly optimistic newbies but this relentlessly upbeat whitewash is only half--or more like a tenth--of the real story. And it's highly unlikely that anyone who's serious about making a living through online sales will need to bother wading through the rudimentary eBay For Dummies-style boiler plate info (writing listings, setting up a PayPal account, determing prime scheduling hours, etc.) that makes up much of the book.
For harsh realities about the true risks of doing business with this online auction behemoth (subjects either given short shrift or totally ignored by this Pollyanna-esque primer include eBay's insanely convoluted and arbitrarily enforced rules, impossibility of actually speaking to a knowedgable staff member when troubles arise, pointless form letters supposedly answering questions, company's high-handed my-way-or-the-highway attitude, etc., etc.), look elsewhere.
Such info won't be hard to locate--just find anyone who's been attempting to conduct business on this despotic site for, say, six months. . . and prepare to get an earful. But admittedly that would have been a different book altogether. And, needless to say, a much, much longer one.
I'm not .......2006-02-22
I sure am trying. Great tips, and hope to be atleast making a part time living doing eBay. It's alot of work, but it's also alot of fun. My photography skills have gotten better. Here is my "me" page, hope you like it. Proof is in the pudding:
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Comprehensive!.......2005-11-19
Although I've been an eBay seller for over 7 years - and am featured in this book - I found much of value in this book's pages. Not only can you learn about selling on eBay, Miller provides some basic "starting a business" info which is useful, especially to the eBay newbie.
Making a Living from Your eBay Business.......2005-07-27
Same information is on eBay and it's FREE !
Book Description
You can't make money on eBay unless you've got stuff to sell. Here's how (and where) to get it.
The chief concerns of any retail operation are where to get inventory and how to get the best prices and terms. These are ongoing business challenges that apply as much to eBay sellers as to traditional retailers. eBay Inventory the Smart Way is the first book to look exclusively at the most profitable strategies for finding reliable suppliers and marketable products. Readers will learn how to:
* form relationships with wholesalers and obtain dealer status * finance purchases, manage inventory better, and use just-in-time delivery strategies * increase profits with drop shipping and co-op advertising * deal directly with manufacturers and wholesalers, "work" trade shows, and take advantage of trade organizations * research product sales potential, buy closeout merchandise, and tap into pawnbrokers' inventories * and even buy inventory on eBay
eBay Inventory the Smart Way covers more than 25 inventory sources and tells how to profit from each. Whether buying in bulk, sourcing one item at a time, or establishing a powerful inventory management system, both established online retailers and newcomers will find this book indispensable.
Customer Reviews:
Helps put a specific perspective on eBay business, but not much to work with........2007-04-25
This book is a decent overall, 1000 ft view of options for acquiring inventory to sell on eBay. It presents the 'you should consider' rather than the 'step one, step two', which is fair seeing that no one answer can fit all.
Granted, this wasn't intended to give you a list of manufacturers, wholesalers, or even a comprehensive list of online services; but just when you think something tangible (as opposed to purely conceptual) is about to appear on the next page, you get a 'not within the scope of this book' or 'buy our other book XYZ for that info' Also be warned of the DOBA ads threaded throughout this book (one of the authors is the CEO)
One 'tangible' piece of info I couldve used is in the area of importing. The book goes into the general process of working with manufacturers and wholesalers. You'd think getting the inventory is a considerable aspect of managing inventory, however the book simply recommends contacting a customs broker and stops. Then points to another one of their books for $24.95.
On top of it all, there had to have been at least 50 pages in this book created out of pure repetition. There were a number of places I thought I had reread, only to notice it had been covered multiple times. The unorthodox organization of the book helped lead to this, fat margins, etc, but I'm sure its no accident..a 250 pager sells more copies.
Decent book, but not well executed. I definitely will not consider any other publication in the series.
Useless Resources - Waste Money and Time .......2006-04-22
All the sources show in this book are easily found in website and those sources are not really will help you maximize your profit because most of the sources you need to pay monthly fees. Better think twice when you purchase this book, I already waste my time and money to own this book. Good luck on you
Great Resource.......2006-04-11
I found this book to be an extremely useful resource. It is an easy read and walks you through every aspect of finding the right supply for your business. I would recommend the book to every small business owner.
What More Could I ask For..........2006-04-07
This book is amazing due to one reason and one reason alone...Simplicity...it doesn't attempt to overstate the obvious or reinvent the wheel...it teaches you in simple terms how to effectively sell online and make money...that's it...fast and simple.
A Must Have for Newbies and Vets Alike.......2006-04-07
Having read other books in the "eBay the Smart Way" series, I knew that this would be an easy read.
I've sourced product for my eBay business several different ways, and Sinclair & Hanks lay the business out plain and simple in a very easy-to-understand manner.
As a businessman, I'm always on the lookout for new and viable product sources. But when you discover something new, you don't ever want to go in looking like the "new kid on the block." This book will give you the knowledge needed to help prevent that, and stave off the first time jitters so you can investigate new sources with confidence.
I expect this book will be one that I find myself referring to often.
Book Description
What if you could double your eBay sales with one mouse click? Sound impossible? Welcome to the next big development in the world of online auctions: datafeeds.Using a datafeed to export your eBay auction listings, your items will now surface in shopping-focused searches performed by engines like Yahoo! Shopping, Amazon, and Google's new Froogle service. Instead of a general search, which finds thousands of Web pages that merely mention an item, sites like Froogle and Yahoo! Shopping return a list of online retailers who actually sell the product. Would you like to be on those lists?Building Your eBay Traffic the Smart Way gives you dozens of new strategies for reaching people whose only goal is to buy. With auction management software or a service, your eBay business information is kept in a database that can feed information to other e-commerce systems -- like Froogle, Yahoo! Shopping, Amazon, and other product search engines. Which means that your product is now available not only to eBay buyers but also to a whole new universe of online shoppers!Building Your eBay Traffic the Smart Way also unlocks the incredible power of cross-selling (linking from one auction to another), targeted advertising, pro-quality photography, eBay stores, online malls, and much more!
Customer Reviews:
Want to build traffic?.......2007-06-14
If you want to build traffic to your eBay site... buy this book, read it, do it, and enjoy the return.
Lots of White Space...........2006-03-09
This books packs about 20 pages of content in to 250 actual pages. Uses big text and lots of white space. Also fills space by repeating same basic ideas over and over.
Would make a good pamphlet. Don't waste your money.
Waste of time, shallow, filled with spelling errors.......2005-12-04
The book is so bad that I'm compelled to review it so that others do not make the same mistake and waste their time as I have.
* Many of the chapters are 2-3 pages each. This would have been less annoying if there was valuable & concise information in those few pages. However, the ideas are shallow, not well supported, but the author rambles and repeats them over & over.
* Spelling errors -- for example, "umbrella" was spelled as "unbrella" and "advertise" as "advertsie" and these were just two I noticed without even looking very closely. This is small thing but makes you think that the author just threw the book together.
* Overall, the book is very conversational & unprofessional. The author used sentence fragments in almost every paragraph, and many times the author would introduce a topic by asking "What is XX? Well I'll tell you." (literally, this is the sentence structure, word for word, what was used over & over).
* Author advises for several topics (e.g., photographing items to sell) that the reader should buy his other books to learn more in depth. This is frustrating since nothing in the book is covered in any depth.
I read through this book in about an hour, and it was enough to decide to return this and look to get other Ebay books instead.
A one idea book.......2005-09-24
This book has one idea -- feed from a data base -- and he beats it to death. It is not really helpful beyond the data base idea.
Dumber than Dummies - A Waste of Time........2005-09-21
First of all I am shocked, shocked I tell you that the American Management Association would publish a series of books of this low caliber.
Like most things these days the buildup and hype is overshawdowed by the delivery. On the back cover of the book it states that "This unvelievably powerful book shows step-by-step how to get all of your items listed not only on eBay but also on Amazon.com..." but it doesn't it only briefly mentions Amazon; in two places in only a very minor way (check it out for youself, use the look inside to check the back cover, table of contents, and the index.)
This is the most simplistic of internet books I have ever read...with all the the practical internet nutrition as a bag of skittles. Most chapters are no more than 7 or eight pages, with unbeleivably huge font type and paragraph headings that it ressembles a kids book.
For example Chapter 10, Creating Yahoo Ads, totals less than two full pages!!! This chapter only has about 48 (FORTY EIGHT) lines of full text, about what a sixth grade reader would expect.
I first picked up the book because of the cover text which states, "Use Froogle, Datafeeds, Cross selling, Advanced Listing Strategies and more to boost sales on the webs #1 auction site."
Being interested in the concept of datafeeds I was dissapointed when I got to that portion of the book.
One other mention here. The author does a good job of making a plug for his other books and websites, but I suggest you go to his website. For someone that is making money on the internet and writing books about it the site looks like those from 10 years ago, about the time eBay was started. It has the coolness factor of white shoes with plaid pants. I will say though that he did have a good idea with the diagram about linking multiple websites on page 127.
Very dissapointed. Do your self a favor and look for other ebay books.
Book Description
Anyone running a wholesale or retail business must deal with legal and tax issues, and those who sell on eBay are no exception. Yet many eBay sellers remain ignorant of the consequences they may face if they disregard certain basic rules. Packed with stories of actual eBay sellers, this helpful guide takes readers through the most common eBay transactions, pointing out all the legal and tax issues they may encounter along the way. Readers will get practical advice on:
* whether their eBay selling qualifies as a "business"
* illegal practices to avoid
* what taxes must be paid and what they can and can't deduct
* spelling out a refund and return policy
* knowing when a bid becomes legally binding
* resolving seller-buyer disputes
* protecting themselves when buying inventory and hiring employees
* trademarking a business name and web address
* customs, duties, and other considerations when selling internationally.
Complete with sample contracts, forms, checklists, and disclaimers, this is a book no eBay seller should be without.
Customer Reviews:
A 'must' for eBay sellers .......2007-08-04
If eBay is your major sales outlet and you have little business experience beyond it, you need The eBay Seller's Tax and Legal Answer Book, which packs in everything from what taxes need to be paid and what to deduct to protecting yourself when buying inventory and resolving seller-buyer disputes. Chapters address common problems with an eye to their legal and tax ramifications, come with sample forms, checklists and contracts, and provide clear instructions on communication processes with all entities, making this a 'must' for eBay sellers and for any general-interest public library catering to eBay sellers.
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eBay Powerseller Secrets:Insider Tips from eBay's Most Successful Sellers
What to Sell on eBay and Where to Get It
eBay Income: How Anyone of Any Age, Location, and/or Background Can Build a Highly Profitable Online Business with eBay
eBay For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
eBay Timesaving Techniques for Dummies
